Artist and animator Vuk Jevremovic uses every trick in the palette to deliver a visually astonishing tour de force film to tell a story built around themes of continual birth, death and rebirth, and the constant struggle of technology and nature, represented by a hart, to find equilibriium. A wonderful piece of pure filmmaking.

Ropewalk is an informative and educational tale about rope. You heard me. Rope. An item that is no doubt taken for granted, yet, as the film shows, is also a vital component throughout history almost literally tying all human progress together. Narrated by Bill Hagenbuch, an engineer who made rope creation his life’s work, the film offers both a personal and historic perspective, showing how rope can be used to tether a horse on an early farm or, possibly, in the future, tether giant platforms in space to earth.

Jake, stuck in a relationship plateau with his artist girlfriend, Dana, begins a flirtatious relationship with an attractive young woman who lives next door. While never actually meeting, they meet surreptitiously, gazing out of their respective kitchen windows, as Jake brews Dana her nightly cup of tea. But little does Jake know, Dana might have something brewing herself.

Hoping to reconcile two sides of his personality — artistic ambitions versus scientific innovation — a scientist creates a Jekyll and Hyde solution that threatens to destroy both hemispheres of his life. As the two worlds fight for dominance, how can he decide what he desires most when he’s not sure which half represents his truest self?